Bumper



Jung 2, 1925.

H. TAYLOR BUMPER Filed Dec. 5. 1924 2 Sheets- Sheet l v M O l@ n o m W um u@ V B June 2, 1925 1,539,970

H. 'TAYLOR BUMPER -Filed Dec. 5. A19124 4 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Application ilefl Decembe 3. 1?:24. Seie No. T5353?.

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This inentien relates o e hmxiper pai'- ivuhu'iy adapted :50e-lisse at the from und reel' oude m5 moto? "Vehicles, it is ai pi s to 'he full.` den iiption ei Lhe invention, he

.umy object and piu-pose of tde piesene im :..nioii 'to produce zi uhuhil bumper 1which.l

iis ende, mw' :nude ieiie'emid widened, at "che Same time liiiied in iomi'd. the motel vehicle. A. fmhei object the invention 'io 'mount seid uhuhu bumper in e. Teevei and effective manner by means of springs which in eddilion to yield- ,ingiy supporting ehe inbuhu bumper har :md ahsoihingghe Shocks of impact to which said bar: may ne subjected. further :i'oid zuid present i'eii'iveiy wide fueee against which humpes other motor vehicles may eli'ioggea sheiehjg pieveoing the, passage oif such other hmupe's luider or above the bumper ozu- -o'i my hunmee eemstmetimi.

parte in the difeiee figure. 'of he drawings.

The impact member of Jdie bviiipei mi prisms :L iengih of tubing' i, et which, in the. eonsruetioii shown in Fig-2s.

iii, inner heffing e. ""oii''. Siewe 2E :id

' pesSed evei iheV end-ei ihe ha ihei'eon by ehe hehe Shown iii Fig'. i, vhieh pass though eers project ing from. sieevee. The oue? ends o@ he members :3 maybe of im); arae-ive am. suitzxhie design, as indicated mi, 5.I ehe 1mi"- iivuhxidesign Shown, however., hein waxy essehini to the invention'.

tuin new and useful. improvements in i and 29 e. widened and 'hired and renin imnpei's: and E. do heiehy decime the oi- "diy curved casting 2 ie ieee-ted., eee-h et .iiiwezdiy from each end of the tube 1Q spring suppoixilig members eie ioeeed, each mehidmg en meer eeil (3 hifougjh which he .iube pessed5 which is eoiiiiimed in im enlarged ouei coil. 7, ei'niii ating in e free emi T which 'is spaced :i distance ione J:the :id izweet inner eoi. as shown in 23. when he Spring is flee from eomieetien to ihe h 'ackeis used to Comiee the 55eme. ie 'the mo im fehirfie chassis frei ie members, sie. wii mow "ne deeeiibed.

'Two hi'eekes 8 zie used io :i'eeh he hmnpei' to ehe chassis ffzmie mezx'ihei's .i oil themotor vehicle to which the bumper is Various othei novel end Const'uoto he applied. Said hieeies Aire oea'ed "Lione xviii appear umiersanding of the ahove :ind at the @if ehe frame memimentio'n had from the feiiovfhig' de here, and ma] he eeeaied in pie Smipioi, raken in connection 'with the :ieh) The ubbi.

compenying drawings, in which.

Fig. i e )ohm view o a. hai'lpvz med in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is e. 'front elevation Jiheieoi.

Fig. 3 is en elevation of the jy'pe of spring' suppor used vwith he hamper eeiisi'uetion.

Fig. 4L a tensverse veitieai eeecion thioug'h ysaid bumper eoxisifuet'ioii et e point between its ende.

iig. 5 ie o. View similar To Fig. l, showing e diieifent form of construction of hizieket. isconeafed on shoi eiiivehiie *than the iadiiie of ne en ion 7a o* 'ehe Spring' Support so het when seid end Section 7 is drawn dowxi di io, it is oi'eed o` co iioin ie 4the ippei' ofthe" bracket and the end is hiough; up weidiifegeine, die adjacent eoi' o the spi-ing; gre/seing tightiy against 'the Same. this obvia-ting iatiing' and hoiding the bumper hay against whipping' under the load shocks and vihiaions incident. heeo.

buaiiper.l An em' ll projects iatemliy from each Fig. G is a fragment: ry front elevation eide of each bracket 8. A U-sheped ehp 1.2 thereof. 1S placed over che terminal section 7a and Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section through the bumper between its ends, :md

Fig. 8 is a like TView showing a siightly dieiee form of supporting spring for the rigid europee bar.

Like reference characters refer te like its ends me formed wih ouwmdiy efe 'endiiig eers to lie above the eers l of ehe brackets. fa J-beh i3 is piaceri ende!- each frame men'ihei 9, he iegs fhereof exend ieg' upwaidiy through openinge in eers; il amd in the ears on. the eiips L22 nuts oeeueh end of.

ing threaded on to the upper ends of the lefrs of the.U-bolts `to bind the parts secure y together. Vhen such U-bolts are used, it is not essential that the bolts 10 be used, the U-bolts serving not only to connect the springs to the brackets but also securing t e brackets tothe chassis trame members. Short bolts i3 passed through the ears l1 and the ears ot the clips, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be used when the brackets are connected to the frame members 9 by using the boltsl0, as in Fig. 8.

.The tubular bar l is passed through the inner coils 6 of the springs and the end members 2 attached thereafter. Any suitable means may be used to secure the springs in place on the tube, and in practice l prefer to drive a wedge'sh'aped approximately to conform to the space appearing at the innel end of the inner coil 6 between the tube and the adjacent portion of the spring but somewhat thicker than the distance between the lube and coil so that the tube is pressed tightly against the diametrically opposite side ot the inner coil, thereby securely locating and holding the spring in fixed position with referenceto the tube. l

In Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, a somewhat different specilic structure is shown, the tube l* being termed at its ends into flattened, flared and rearwardly curved sections 2, terminating in suitable eyes 5, as Shown, the impact member being integrally formed from one length of tubing instead of using a shorter length of tubing and attaching separate end members to the ends thereof, s in Figs. l and 2. The springs are ot' tilerent ferm, including the outer coils 7 but having only parts ot' the inner coils at the back, against which the tube 1'" bears, it being evident that it would be impossible to pass the ends of the impact member through inner coils, such as those shown at Gin the irst described springs. In order to connect the impact member with the springs, U clips 1,4 are used, the ends of which pass through openings in the inner end portions of the springs, having nuts screwed thereon to draw the clips tight against the tube and clamp the tube to the said springs. Otherwise the structure is the salue as ireviousl v described, inY so far as the manner ot mounting thel bumper on the motor vehicle is concerned.

In Fig. 8, a different specific form of spring mount is shown. The spring includes the inner coil G. which instead of being continued in the outer coil 7 isextended for# ward horizontally from the lower side of coil 6, making a short section 16 which is bent at right` angles to make a vertical section 17, then again bent at right angles backward, making a section 18 which terminates in a downwardly curved section similar in all respects tothe rear portion of the coil 7 first described. This rear section terminates in a part 7* identical with the terminal outer end section of` the spring shown in Fig. 3.

For the rear of a motor vehicle, the central portion of the tube may be eliminated, leaving two end bum er sections or fender guards which may supported on the chassis frame members in a manner similar to the support illustrated for the front bumper. g

With a bumper constructed as described, the impact member is rigid but yieldingly supported by sprin .members which give under impact and a Sorb, more or less, the shocks of impact. The springs wound around theltubular impact member are tensioned when the rigid impact member is subjected'to shocks and^the force of impact is not immediately and abruptly transmitted to the chassis frame but 1s softened and more or less absorbed with a saving of the vehicle from injury. The rearwardly curved end portions on the impact member turn in toward the vehicle and' thus insure against a catching or interlocking with the ends of bumpers on other vehicles. The springs bein of greater height than the diameter of t e tubular impact member and having their outer portions set out farther than the outer sides of the impact member, present impact surfaces against which bumpers on other vehicles may engage, and it is not necessary to widen the impact sur face-of the bar, or make a double bar im pact member in order to sto other bumpers from passin over or un er the impact member in this umper construction. The construction is simple, economical to produce in quantity, and thoroughly olfactive to serve the purposes for which it is designed. The appended claims define the in.V vention which is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

l. A bumper com rising an impact bar adapted to be exten ed transversely across an end of a motor vehicle, said bar at each end being rovided with widened and flared and inwar ly curved end portions, and supports for sald bar inwardly from each end thereof. l i

2. A bumper comprising an elongated impact bar provided at each end with portions progressively widened and flared outwardly toward the outer ends thereof and also curved inwardly, and supports for the bar located onel toward each end of the bar.

3. A bumper comprising an elongated bar, a support attached a distance inward from each end of the bar, said support comprising a spirally wound band spring having inner andmuter coil portions, said bar passeach of said end members being extended outwardly from the adjacent end of the bar, widened and lared vertically and curved away from the plane of thc bar, substantially vas described.

5. A bumper impact member, comprising an intermediate bar, and an end member connected with each end of the bar, each of the end members including a sleeve to pass over the end of the bar and a part extending outwardly from said sleeve, said part being widened vertically toward its outer end and curved away from the plane of the bar, substantially as described.

(5. A bumper impact member comprising a horizontally positioned bar and an end member connected with each end of the bar having its outer end portion widened vertically, substantially as described.

7. A bumper comprising an elongated impact bar having an intermediate tubular portion, a spirally wound band spring 1ocatzed around said tubular portion adjacent each end thereof and secured thereto, said springs having outer end portions normally spaced from the adjacent inner portions o1 the springs, and a bracket to which said outer end portion of each spring is secured, said bracket having a concaved face against which the end portion of the spring is brought to bear, said face having a shorter radius of curvature than the end portion of the spring, thereby causing the end of the spring to be brought into bearing engagement with the adjacent inner portion of the spring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HUSTON TAYLOR. 

